Senior Manager, Strategy and Market Planning

🕒 September 3

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $145k - $160k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧐 Strategy

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Einstein Bros Bagels

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5001 - 10000 employees

🍽️ Food & Beverage

👥 B2C

Food & Beverage • B2C

Einstein Bros Bagels is a U. S. -based chain of bagel bakeries and quick-service restaurants that sells fresh-from-the-oven bagels, bagel sandwiches, coffee/iced coffee, and breakfast catering. The company offers in-store, online and app ordering, rewards, gift cards, franchising and wholesale/license opportunities, and promotes breakfast catering and grab-and-go breakfast options.

📋 Description

• Develop and maintain strategic market plans identifying where, when, and how Bagel Brands should grow • Evaluate market potential and development opportunities to establish market priorities and support long-term growth planning • Provide fact-based recommendations to Development leadership • Partner with Development and cross-functional leaders to align market planning with business objectives and investment priorities • Analyze demographic, consumer, competitive, mobility, GIS, real estate, and bakery performance data • Identify whitespace, market potential, trade areas, development priorities, opportunities, and risks • Evaluate prospective locations with Real Estate, including trade area quality, site characteristics, sales potential, cannibalization, and portfolio impact • Develop and apply forecasting methodologies for new bakery sales projections and investment decisions • Participate in market tours and field validation • Analyze existing bakery performance and portfolio positioning for relocations, remodels, closures, conversions, and optimization strategies • Conduct post-opening analyses comparing actual performance against forecasts • Improve sales forecasting, cannibalization modeling, site-selection criteria, and location-performance methodologies • Develop and improve market-planning tools, dashboards, data sources, models, and analytical capabilities • Translate complex analyses into presentations, recommendations, and decision-support materials • Collaborate with Real Estate, Finance, Operations, Marketing, Franchise Development, and other partners • Build credibility and influence across teams through objective, data-driven insights

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Real Estate, Economics, Geography, Urban Planning, Analytics, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience • Five or more years of experience in market planning, real estate strategy, site selection, development strategy, location analytics, or a related analytical field • Experience within a multi-unit restaurant, retail, consumer, or franchise business • Ability to develop market strategies and translate complex data into actionable business recommendations • Experience with GIS or location intelligence platforms and demographic, mobility, consumer, and competitive datasets • Experience with sales forecasting, cannibalization modeling, predictive analytics, or comparable location-performance methodologies • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint • Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Strong project management and organizational skills • Ability to collaborate and influence effectively across functions without direct authority • Ability to travel based on business needs • Preferred: advanced degree in Business, Finance, Real Estate, Analytics, or a related field • Preferred: experience with business intelligence and data visualization tools • Preferred: experience supporting restaurant or retail development, portfolio optimization, or market expansion strategies

🏖️ Benefits

• Targeted annual bonus: 15% • Long Term Incentive (LTI): $20,000 • Remote work environment • Occasional/as-needed travel for market tours, bakery visits, site evaluations, field validation, and team meetings • Reasonable accommodations for physical requirements